Editing Dutch Schultz (section)

==Early life==
Arthur Simon Flegenheimer was born in the [[The Bronx|Bronx]] borough of [[New York City]] on August 6, 1901. He was the second child of [[German Jewish]] immigrants Herman and Emma Flegenheimer ([[given name|née]] Neu), who had married in [[Manhattan]] on November 10, 1900.<ref>Manhattan Marriage Book, #18593</ref> He had a younger sister, Helen, born in 1904. Flegenheimer's father apparently abandoned his family, and his mother is listed as divorced in the [[1910 United States census]].<ref>U.S. Census 1910, Borough of the Bronx, Supervisors District 1, Enumerator's district 1597, sheet 2</ref> In her 1932 petition for U.S. citizenship, however, she wrote that her husband had died in 1910&ndash;though it is unclear whether he died before or after the 1910 census.<ref>Petition for citizenship, Emma Flegenheimer, District Court for the Southern District of New York, #236144</ref> 

This event [[Psychological trauma|traumatized]] young Flegenheimer, who spent the rest of his life denying that his father had abandoned his family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkcitygangland.com/|title=NYC Gangland|website=newyorkcitygangland.com|access-date=July 29, 2010|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026034020/https://newyorkcitygangland.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to help support himself and his mother. He worked as a feeder and pressman for the Clark Loose Leaf Company, Caxton Press, [[American Express]] and Schultz Trucking in the Bronx between 1916 and 1919.<ref name="NYCGangland.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.NYCGangland.com|title=NYC Gangland|website=nycgangland.com}}</ref>

===Criminal beginnings===
Before turning to [[burglary]], Flegenheimer worked at a neighborhood nightclub owned by a small-time mobster, where he robbed [[Craps|craps games]]. Eventually he was caught breaking into an apartment and sent to the prison on Blackwell's Island (now called [[Roosevelt Island]]). His mugshot, at age 18, was published in the 2010 book ''New York City Gangland''.<ref name="NYCGangland.com"/> Flegenheimer proved to be such an unmanageable prisoner that he was transferred to a [[Penal labor in the United States|work farm]] in [[Westhampton, New York|Westhampton]], [[Long Island]]. After he was recaptured following an escape, he had two months added to his sentence.<ref name="NYCGangland.com"/>

Flegenheimer was released on [[parole]] on December 8, 1920, and went back to work at Schultz Trucking. With the enactment of the [[Volstead Act]] and the start of [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], the shipping company began [[smuggling]] alcoholic beverages into New York City from Canada. This led Flegenheimer to start associating with known criminals. It was also during this time that Flegenheimer became better known as "Dutch" Schultz. Following a disagreement, he left Schultz Trucking and went to work for their Italian competitors.{{fact|date=October 2024}}